Tonalità: F minor
Verse 1
Em
Hahaha, uh
See, to live is to suffer
But to survive
Well, that's to find meaning
in the suffering
Verse 2
Em
Ay yo I'm slippin',
C
I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
Em
I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet
C
so I can tear shit up
Verse 3
Em
C
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
Em
I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet
C
so I can tear shit up
Verse 4
Em
C
I've been through mad different phases like mazes,
to find my way
And now I know that happy
Em
days are not far away
If I'm strong enough I'll live long
enough to see my kids
C
Doin' somethin' more constructive
with their time than bids
Em
C
I know because I been there
Now I'm in there,
Em
sit back and look at what it took for me to get there
First came the bullshit
the drama with my Mama
She got on some fly shit, so I split
C
Em
And said that I'ma be that seed that
C
doesn't need much to succeed
Strapped with mad greed and a heart
Em
that doesn't bleed
I'm ready for the world or
at least I thought I was
Baggin' niggas when I caught a buzz
C
for thinkin about how short I was
Em
C
Goin' too fast, it wouldn't last but yo,
I couldn't tell
Group homes and institutions
Em
prepared my ass for jail
They put me in a situation,
forcin' me to be a man
C
When I was just learning to stand
without a helpin' hand
Em
C
Damn, was it my fault?
Something I did?
To make a father leave his first kid,
Em
at seven doin my first bid
Back on the scene at fourteen
with a scheme
C
To get more cream than I'd
ever seen in a dream
Em
C
And by all means I will
be livin' high off the hog
And I never gave a fuck
about much but my dog
Em
That's the only muthafucka I'd
hit off with my last
Just another little nigga
C
headed nowhere fast
Verse 5
Em
C
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
Em
I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I gots to get up
C
Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up
Verse 6
Em
C
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
Em
I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet
C
so I can tear shit up
Verse 7
Em
That ain't the half,
C
shit get's worse as I get older
Em
Actions become bolder, heart got colder
Chip on my shoulder that I
dared a nigga to touch
C
Didn't need a clique 'cause
I scared a nigga that much
Em
C
One deep with the pit,
startin' shit for kicks
Catchin' vics, throwin' bricks,
Em
gettin' by bein' slick
Used to get high just to get by
Used to have to puff my L in the
C
morning before I get fly
Em
Ate somethin',
C
a couple of forties made me hate something
I did some coke now I'm ready
Em
to take something
Three years later showing
signs of stress
C
Didn't keep my hair cut or give
a fuck how I dressed
Em
C
I'm pos sessed by the darker side,
livin' the cruddy life
Shit like this kept a nigga
Em
with a bloody knife
Wanna make records but
I'm fuckin' it up
C
I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I can't get up
Verse 8
Em
Ay yo I'm slippin',
C
I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
Em
I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I gots to get up
C
Get me back on my feet
so I can tear shit up
Verse 9
Em
C
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
Em
I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I gots to get up
C
Get me back on my feet so I
Verse 10
can tear shit up
Em
C
Wasn't long before I hit rock bottom
Niggas talkin' shit, was like "Damn,
Em
look how that rock got him"
Open like a window, no more indo
C
Look at a video,
say to myself "that could've been yo
Em
C
Ass on the TV",
believe me, it could be done
Somethin' gots to give,
Em
gots to change 'cause now I got a son
I gots to do the right thing for shorty
C
And that means no more gettin' high,
drinkin' 40s
Em
C
So I get back lookin' type slick again
Fake niggas jump back on my dick again
Em
Nothin' but love for those
that know how it feel
And much respect to all
C
my niggas that kept it real
Em
C
Kept a nigga strong,
kept a nigga from doin' wrong
Niggas know who they is and this
Em
is yo fuckin' song
And to my boo who stuck
with a nigga through
All the bullshit,
C
you'll get yours because it's due
Verse 11
Em
Ay yo I'm slippin',
C
I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
Em
I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I gots to get up
C
Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up
Verse 12
Em
C
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
Em
I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I gots to get up
C
Em
C
Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit
Em
up
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